No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
North Dakota Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
In the 2025 draw North Dakota offered 1 bighorn sheep hunt to residents, drawn at random with no points. 0 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.
Closes Mar 31, 2027 (expected)
$7 kept if you miss, the rest refunded. Bighorn Sheep license $35 only if drawn
2025 draw
21,221 resident applicants
How the North Dakota Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Random draw.
Every applicant has the same chance: tags divided by applicants. No points count in this draw.
No nonresident draw results are on file for North Dakota bighorn sheep — North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.
Before You Apply
One Tag Per Lifetime
Draw a tag once and you cannot apply for North Dakota bighorn sheep again.
One bighorn lottery licence in a lifetime, triggered by receiving it; the auction licence is outside the cap, so an auction buyer may draw again. The rule for nonresidents differs. One bighorn lottery licence in a lifetime, triggered by receiving it; the auction licence is outside the cap.
Source: ndlegis.gov
- Limit
- One per lifetime
Every Hunt
1 hunt code drawn in 2025 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · resident
| Hunt | Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHSNew 2025 Unit B1 +4 · Ram rifle · Bighorn sheep lottery (units B1, B2, B3, B4, B5) | Ram rifle · Bighorn sheep lottery (units B1, B2, B3, B4, B5) | B1 +4 | Oct 31–Dec 31 | 0% | 8 / 21,221 | — |
Showing all 1 · sorted by unit
What These Columns Mean
- Odds —
- the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 5 Units
Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.